Eldəniz

Azerbaijani az: Елдәниз ایلدکز ائلدنیز Alternative forms az Eldəgəz Eldəgiz Elgiz Etymology az el dəniz, but etymologically from a misreading of az-cls ایلدکز eldigüz, where the second element was mistaken for az-cls دکز az dəniz dəŋiz, as a result of the fact that the letter az-cls ک could represent both /g/ and /ŋ/. The first element was indeed az el, while the second element was possibly also found in the given name az-cls gündigüz. The name was also historically attested in other languages as axm Ելտկուզ, ka-mid, and fa-cls ایلْدِگُز, fa-cls ایلْدُگُز. Compare tr İldeniz. Pronunciation Proper noun az male az Declension i c Derived terms az Eldənizli Eldənizlər References en Studies in Caucasian History New Light on the Shaddadids of Ganja 92 Vladimir Minorsky 1953 Cambridge University Press 9780521057356 https://ia800506.us.archive.org/7/items/Minorsky1953StudiesCaucasianHistory/Minorsky_1953_Studies_Caucasian_History.pdf az [Eldigüz] is the reading of the name supported by Georgian and Armenian transcriptions. Cf. in I. Arthir, X, 201, another similar name k.nd.k.z (*gün-digüz?). The reading El-deniz (A. Z. Togan) is obviously modernizing and impossible.